Maghavatacapa, Māghavatacāpa, Maghavata-capa: 3 definitions

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Maghavatacapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Maghavatachapa.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Maghavatacapa in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Māghavatacāpa (माघवतचाप).—the rainbow; (dhatte) मेघस्य माघवत- चापधरस्य लक्ष्मीम् (meghasya māghavata- cāpadharasya lakṣmīm) Uttararāmacarita 5.11.

Derivable forms: māghavatacāpam (माघवतचापम्).

Māghavatacāpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māghavata and cāpa (चाप).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Māghavatacāpa (माघवतचाप):—[=māghavata-cāpa] [from māghavata] m. ‘Indra’s bow’, the rainbow, [Uttararāma-carita]

[Sanskrit to German]

Maghavatacapa in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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